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China is a great nation with extraordinary potential. But it faces equally significant challenges. It will fare better in the future with a more transparent political system. Ultimately the PRC's leaders will find it ever harder to hide the most important decisions from public view.
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogPhoto Credit: C-SPANOn September 9, the Obama administration revoked authorization...
By Elizabeth Boggs Davidsen Elizabeth Boggs Davidsen is chief of the Mu...
My uncle Xavier never had a wedding of his own. He couldn't even dream of having one. My uncle Xavier was gay.
The Media seems to have a penchant for exploiting news of relatively questionable value, highlighting it in an attempt to make it equivalent to stuff that really matters.
Donald Trump made a move that will either go down as sheer genius or utter idiocy. Trump's problem is that he is continually behind Hillary Clinton in the polls by about five points. He is also substantially behind her in the electoral college.
This Sunday we celebrated the one-year anniversary of our adventure. A three-week drive across country then down the Baja coast culminated with us lan...
On June 15, 2016 Donald Trump announced his bid to become the 45th President of the United States.
Will a majority of Americans buy into this image of Trump? Is it really a good dad who only checks in on his kids after having been away, enthusiastically offering them a hot fudge sundae? Will we - all of us - fall for his empty promises?
Trump scares me, not because any of his crazy ideas are practically feasible. My real fear is that his brand of bullshitting and nativism will become an indelible part of the American political and social landscape.
Expanding access to clean water and other natural resources. Ending gender violence. Improving physical and mental health. Increasing educational atta...
One of the best reasons to visit the coastal city of Mazatlan is the food, particularly if you're a lover of fish and seafood. Located where the Sea o...
Trump wants to build a “big, beautiful wall” along the border. What will it prevent? Largely nothing, and it is just symbolic of his...
For Donald Trump, the policy formulations don't matter, neither do the misstatements, exaggerations or contradictions. What matters is that he built a "huge" audience in front of which he performed well.
Donald Trump going to Mexico could have had a certain "Nixon goes to China" flavor about it, and he actually was getting some good reviews for crossing the very low bar of "not totally embarrassing himself or his country" -- at least for the first few hours. Then he went to Phoenix, and Mr. Hyde came back out.
We've collectively recoiled as a series of national tragedies have caused us all to ask, how far have actually come when it comes to ethnicity? As the debate rages on we've seemingly forgot one thing: we're all human.
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